Here's an Update on the 2014 HPMA Ceremony

We won't keep you long, but we wanted to pass along some information about this year's Houston Press Music Awards ceremony now that we have it.

The 2014 HPMA ceremony is set for Thursday, August 7 at Warehouse Live. The ceremony itself is invitation-only for nominees and their guests, but at 9 p.m. doors will open to the public for the HPMA concert. So far the Suffers and the Tontons, both multiple HPMA nominees this year, are on board; another few acts should be added in the next couple of weeks.

Sadly, we've decided to discontinue the annual nominee showcase.

Tickets for the HPMA concert will be available next Tuesday (July 8) at 10 a.m. via this presale; use the code ROCKSOFF. The general public can buy them starting 10 a.m. next Friday, July 11. Prices are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

We love the showcase and always looked forward to it, I have a feeling that attendance and ticket sales was not satisfactory to the amount of work HP puts in it. But if it must end maybe it can be reborn on a completely different way, say a big show for the winners a week or so after the ceremony with a "hall of fame" inductee as a headliner?